China reports 24 new COVID-19 cases in single day

BEIJING: China reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 for July 24 in the mainland, with 20 cases of the virus emerging in the country’s Xinjiang province.

As per details, nine COVID-19 cases were reported in the northeastern province of Liaoning, while the remaining five were imported cases.

China reported 74 new asymptomatic cases, up from 43 a day earlier.

As of Friday, mainland China had 83,784 confirmed coronavirus cases, the health authority said. The COVID-19 death toll remained at 4,634.